DISASTER at Domstadtl, 1758 ⚔️ The Seven Years' War (Part 12)

In the 1758 campaign, Frederick bet all his money on one proverbial horse. The proverbial horse was a 4000-wagon, 45-kilometre-long column meant to supply him during the Siege of Olomouc.

You can imagine how the Austrians responded when they learned of this audacious plan. The Battle of Domstadtl changed the course of the 1758 campaign and, frankly, the war.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 After Leuthen
4:10 Invading Moravia
6:45 The Ambush at Domstadtl

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Sources:

Asprey, Robert B. Frederick the Great: The magnificent enigma. Ticknor & Fields, 1986.
Blanning, Tim. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin UK, 2015.
Clark, Christopher M. Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. Harvard University Press, 2006.
Duffy, Christopher. Frederick the Great: a military life. Routledge, 2015.
Fraser, David. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin Uk, 2000.
Redman, Herbert J. Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. McFarland, 2014.

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[ΠάνοςΚΜ]

This war has more twists and turns than a soap opera

[pavelslama]

Here in Olomouc this battle is still widely known, even though few know the context, or even time period. However I must say that I almost did not recognize it by those german names of those villages. Here its more known as a "bitva u Domašova" (battle of Domašov).
When it comes to the siege of Olomouc, its walls were gradually updated and when the siege was lifted, the empress ordered a set of star fortresses all around the city. Those star fortresses were made out of extremely hard bricks that could survive Prussian bombardment.
The house I live in (even though it was built in 1930´s) was built using some of those bricks from the decommissioned fortresses. Some of those bricks still have the coat of arms visible. And they really are incredibly difficult to work with. Even a diamond drill had hard time going through.

[WhiteZorin]

From a topic that I was not interested in, just watched casually the first videos, suddenly it became very interesting and I am watching with pure amazement how much I missed from this period and events before :) Thank you for all the great work you have done on these!

[ryandoubleu.]

1:47 I was scrubbing at my tablet until I realized it’s not the screen, my man Stepan is just sweating something fierce

[Ksotilas]

What an interesting turn. I expected the siege of Olomouc to end in Frederick's favor, but the Austrians got him this time for sure. Though I'd refrain from saying they won in a pitched battle. I must say that I did underestimate the Austrians. Also quite sad in a sense to see prince Charles of Lorraine be relieved of command. He was a nice antagonist. Just maybe we might see him in the future? Thank you for delivering the weekly dose of seven years war. Doesn't go unappreciated on my side.

[patrickdc]

I look forward to this series the most! Thank you so much 🙏

[mbryson]

You made this bit of history very compelling. Thank you for the vid!

[nilloc]

There seems to be a recurring theme which is that Frederick, despite his command ability, continually failed to have proper reconnaissance. The fact that several thousand Austrian troops maneuvered behind him and ambushed what was effectively a small army only 25km away from Fredericks main force shows, again, a lack of situational awareness on the part of the Prussian army.
This is strangely quite similar to how the Germans (generally) performed in WW2, having a high degree of skill in operational battles while being devastated on the intel and reconnaissance fronts repeatedly throughout the war.

[phantomswordorpoo]

This series of Seven Years War is truely well made and with excellent narration.I will rank it as the 2nd best historical battle series in youtube after the hannibal campaign

[Jesse_Dawg]

These are amazing quality. Please more in this series

[notsosilentmajority]

I got so excited for the video and then realized I was able to pre-enjoy it as a Patreon member. Great job as always my friend.

[yourroyalchungusness]

Thanks to this video, not only i learned about Frederick the great, but also Seydlitz, prince henry, zieten and many more also in the austrian side such as prince charles, Daun, and von Laudon

[pierremartini]

Brilliant video. Thanks so much for all your work.

[fangexploring]

Surprised that the Prussians could not defeat the outnumbered Loudon in the first engagement. I was used to seeing them defeat Austrians at twice their size earlier. Is that an indication of dire condition of the Prussian Army at this time of the war? They also seemed to be in a great hurry, surprised Zieten wasn't even with the column initially. Felt like Frederick got too tunnel visioned on the siege and underestimated the danger he could have been in, easy to say in hindsight of course.

Thanks for another great video. Eager to see how Frederick navigate yet another difficult situation.

[thebigone]

House of History makes all other historians look like straight up punks!!!! You’re the best

[brokenbridge]

This war seemed to be quite challenging for Frederick the Great. Right up till the end. Great video.

[piotrsyczak]

4:31 On the map I see my hometown Kattowitz ( Katowice ), it seems quite big, however in 1758 it was just a meagre hamlet :)

[evrensuer]

Super video 👍 awaiting more videos for Hussite wars

[AdityaSingh-izzs]

One twist then another twist then another turn and then another. This war is getting more and more interesting due to these twist and turns and due to excellent work your sir.

[Hillbilly]

Second time watching this today. Excellent video again. Zorndorf is during 1758, August, I believe. That's has to be somewhere in the mix. Love this series too. Matter of fact, I'm still going through the playlist looking for a clunker. LoL. Cheers.